Navigate files and folders

Poznámka:

(Mac) When trying to navigate to the drive location of services, such as Dropbox and iCloud, in Bridge — make sure that the user library folder is accessible. The user Library folder is hidden by default in Mac OS X 10.7 and later releases. To access content in the Library folder, see Can't see user library files in Mac OS X 10.7 and later.

Do any of the following:

Select a folder in the Folders panel. Press the Down arrow and Up arrow keys in the Folders panel to navigate the directory. Press the Right arrow key to expand a folder. Press the Left arrow key to collapse a folder.

Select an item in the Favorites panel.

Click the Go To Parent Or Favorites button orReveal Recent button in the application bar and choose an item.

Tip: To reveal a file in the operating system, select it and choose File > Reveal In Explorer (Windows) or File > Reveal In Finder (Mac OS).

Click the Go Back button or Go Forward button in the application bar to navigate between recently visited folders.

Double-click a folder in the Content panel to open it.

Tip: Ctrl-double click (Windows) or Command-double click (Mac OS) a folder in the Content panel to open that folder in a new window.

Drag a folder from Windows Explorer (Windows) or the Finder (Mac OS) to the path bar to go to that location in Adobe Bridge.

Drag a folder from Windows Explorer (Windows) or the Finder (Mac OS) to the Preview panel to open it. In Mac OS, you can also drag a folder from the Finder to the Adobe Bridge icon to open it.

Use the path bar to navigate:

Click an item in the path bar to go to it.

Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) an item in the path bar to turn on folder “cruising.” Folder cruising allows you to see and go to the subfolders of the selected item. You can also click a right-pointing arrow in the path bar to cruise the subfolders of the preceding item.

Drag an item from the Content panel to the path bar to go to that location.

Click the last item in the path bar to edit the path. To return to the icon mode, press Esc.

Poznámka:

Show or hide the path bar by choosing Window >Path Bar.

Show subfolder contents

You can specify that Adobe Bridge display
folders and subfolders in one continuous, “flat” view. Flat view
displays the entire contents of a folder, including its subfolders,
so you don’t have to navigate the subfolders.

To display the contents of folders in flat view,
choose View > Show Items From Subfolders.

Open files in Adobe Bridge

You can open files from Adobe Bridge, even
files that were not made with Adobe software. When you use Adobe Bridge
to open a file, the file opens in its native application or the
application you specify. You can also use Adobe Bridge
to place files in an open document in an Adobe application.

Place files into another application

Select the file in Adobe Bridge and choose File > Place, followed by the name of the application. For example, you can use this command to place a JPEG image into Adobe Illustrator.

Drag a file from Adobe Bridge into the desired application. Depending on the file, the document into which you want to place the file needs to be opened first.

Search for files and folders with
Adobe Bridge

Poznámka:

(Mac) When trying to navigate to the drive location of services, such as Dropbox and iCloud, in Bridge — make sure that the user Library folder is accessible. The user Library folder is hidden by default in Mac OS X 10.7 and later releases. To access content in the Library folder, see Can't see user library files in Mac OS X 10.7 and later.

You can search for files and folders with
Adobe Bridge by using multiple combinations of search criteria.
You can save search criteria as a smart collection, which is
a collection that stays up to date with files that meet your criteria.

Choose Edit > Find.

Choose a folder in which to search.

Choose search criteria by selecting options and limiters
from the Criteria menus. Enter search text in the box on the right.

Choose an option from the Match menu to specify whether
any or all criteria must be met.

(Optional) Select Include All Subfolders to expand the
search to any subfolders in the source folder.

(Optional) Select Include Non-Indexed Files to specify that Adobe Bridge search uncached and cached files. Searching uncached files (in folders that you have not previously browsed in Adobe Bridge) is slower than searching cached files.

Click Find.

(Optional) To save the search criteria, click the New
Smart Collection button in
the Collections panel when Adobe Bridge displays your search results.
The Smart Collection dialog box automatically includes the criteria
of your search. Refine the criteria if desired, and then click Save.
Type a name for the smart collection in the Collections panel, and
then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS). See Create
a smart collection.

Perform a Quick Search

Use the Quick Search field in the application bar to find files and folders in Adobe Bridge. Quick Search lets you search using either the Adobe Bridge search engine or Windows Desktop Search (Windows) or Spotlight (Mac OS). The Adobe Bridge engine searches filenames and keywords. Operating system engines look for filenames, folder names, and image keywords. Adobe Bridge search looks within the currently selected folder and all subfolders, including My Computer (Windows) and Computer (Mac OS). Operating system search engines look in the currently selected folder or in My Computer (Windows) and Computer (Mac OS).

Label and rate files

Labeling files with a certain color or assigning ratings of zero (0) to five stars lets you mark many files quickly. You can then sort files according to their color label or rating.

For example, suppose you’re viewing many imported images in Adobe Bridge. As you review each new image, you can label the images you want to keep. After this initial pass, you can use the Sort command to display and work on files that you’ve labeled with a particular color.

You can label and rate folders and files.

You can assign names to labels in Labels preferences. The name is then added to the file’s metadata when you apply the label. When you change names of labels in preferences, any files with the older label appear with white labels in the Content panel.

Poznámka:

When you view folders, Adobe Bridge
shows both labeled and unlabeled files until you choose another
option.

To label files, select one or more files and choose
a label from the Label menu. To remove labels from files, choose
Label > No Label.

To rate files, select one or more files and do any of the following:

In the Content panel, click the dot representing the number of stars you want to give the file. (In Thumbnail view, a thumbnail must be selected for the dots to appear. Also, dots do not appear in small thumbnail views. If necessary, scale the thumbnails until the dots appear. In List view, make sure that the Ratings column is visible.)

Sort files

By default, Adobe Bridge sorts files that
appear in the Content panel by filename. You can sort files differently
by using the Sort command or Sort By application bar
button.

Choose an option from the View >
Sort menu, or click the Sort button in the application bar to sort
files by listed criteria. Choose Manually to sort by the last order
in which you dragged the files. If the Content panel displays search results,
a collection, or flat view, the Sort button contains a By Folder
option that lets you sort files by the folder where they’re located.

In List view, click any column header to sort by that
criteria.

Filter files

Control which files appear in the Content panel by selecting criteria in the Filter panel. The Filter panel displays the number of items in the current set that have a specific value, regardless of whether they are visible. For example, by glancing at the Filter panel, you can quickly see how many files have a specific rating or keyword.

Criteria that appear in the Filter panel are dynamically generated depending on the files that appear in the Content panel and their associated metadata or location. For example, if the Content panel contains audio files, the Filter panel contains artist, album, genre, key, tempo, and loop criteria. If the Content panel contains images, the Filter panel contains such criteria as dimensions, orientation, and camera data such as exposure time and aperture value. If the Content panel displays search results or a collection with files from multiple folders, or if the Content panel displays flat view, the Filter panel contains a Parent Folder that lets you filter the files by the folder where they’re located.

Filter panel

Poznámka:

Specify that Adobe Bridge
show or hide folders, rejected files, and hidden files (such as
cache files) in the Content panel by choosing options from the View
menu.

To filter files, select one or more criteria in the Filter panel:

Select criteria in the same category (for example, file types) to display files that meet any of the criteria. For example, to display both GIF and JPEG files, select GIF Image and JPEG File beneath File Type.

Select criteria across categories (for example, file types and ratings) to display files that meet all the criteria. For example, to display GIF and JPEG files that have two stars, select GIF Image and JPEG File beneath File Type and two stars beneath Ratings.

Tip: Shift-click rating criteria to select that rating or higher. For example, Shift-click two stars to display all files that have two or more stars.

Select categories from the Filter panel menu.

Tip: Select Expand All or Collapse All from the Filter panel menu to open or close all filter categories.

Note: If you filter a closed stack, Adobe Bridge displays the stack only if the top (thumbnail) item meets the filter criteria. If you filter an expanded stack, Adobe Bridge displays all files in the stack that meet the filter criteria of the top file.

To clear filters, click the Clear Filter button at the bottom of the Filter panel. Alternatively, click the quick access menu and then click Clear All.

To prevent filter criteria from clearing when you navigate to another location in Adobe Bridge, click the Keep Filter When Browsing button at the bottom of the Filter panel.

Copy, move, and delete files and
folders

To copy files or folders, do any of the following:

Select the files or folders and choose Edit > Copy.

Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the files or folders, choose Copy To, and select a location from the list (to specify a different location, select Choose Folder).

Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the files or folders to a different folder.

To move files to another folder, do one of the following:

Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the files, choose Move To, and select a location from the list (to specify a different location, select Choose Folder).

Drag the files to a different folder in the Adobe Bridge window or in Windows Explorer (Windows) or the Finder (Mac OS).

Note: If the file you’re dragging is in a different mounted volume than Adobe Bridge, the file is copied, not moved. To move a file to a different mounted volume, Shift-drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac OS) the file.

To delete files or folders, do any of the following:

Select the files or folders and click the Delete Item button .

Select the files or folders and press Ctrl+Delete (Windows) or Command+Delete (Mac OS).

Select the files or folders and press Delete, and then click Delete in the dialog box.

Cut, copy, and move files across Bridge and Finder or Explorer

Bridge lets you perform the following operations:

Copy files and folders from File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac OS) and paste them in Bridge

Cut or move files and folders from File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac OS) and paste them in Bridge

Copy files and folders from Bridge and paste them in File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac OS)

Cut or move files and folders from Bridge and paste them in File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac OS)

The table below explains how you can cut, copy, or move files across Bridge and File Explorer or Finder.

Functionality

Windows

Mac OS

Copy from File Explorer or Finder to Bridge

In File Explorer, right-click the files or folders you want to copy to Bridge and choose Copy. Alternatively, press Ctrl + C.

In Bridge, choose Edit > Paste or press Ctrl + V.

In Finder, right-click the files or folders you want to copy to Bridge and choose Copy or press Command + C.

In Bridge, choose Edit > Paste or press Command + V.

Copy from Bridge to File Explorer or Finder

In Bridge, select the files or folders you want to copy and choose Edit > Copy or press Ctrl + C.

In Bridge, right-click the folders you want to move, choose Move To, and choose the desired folder.

Alternatively, you can first copy your files. Then, in Finder, hold down Option and choose Move from the context menu or press Option + Command +V.

Rotate images

You can rotate the view of JPEG, PSD, TIFF,
and camera raw images in Adobe Bridge. Rotating does not affect
the image data; however, rotating an image in Adobe Bridge
may rotate the image view in the native application as well.

Work with Camera Raw

Camera raw files contain unprocessed picture
data from a camera’s image sensor. Adobe Photoshop Camera
Raw software, available in Adobe Bridge if you have Adobe
Photoshop or Adobe AfterEffects installed,
processes camera raw files. You can also process JPEG (.JPG) or
TIFF files by opening them in Camera Raw from Adobe Bridge.

Use
Adobe Bridge to copy and paste settings from one file to
another, to batch process files, or to apply settings to files without
opening the Camera Raw dialog box.

To open JPEG or TIFF files in Camera Raw from Adobe Bridge, specify those options in Camera Raw preferences. Choose Edit > Camera Raw Preferences (Windows) or Adobe Bridge > Camera Raw Preferences (Mac OS). Under JPEG And TIFF Handling, choose JPEG > Automatically Open All Supported JPEGs and/or choose TIFF > Automatically Open All Supported TIFFs. Then, double-click a JPEG or TIFF file to open it in Camera Raw. To open JPEG and TIFF files in Photoshop, choose Automatically Open [JPEGs or TIFFs] With Settings.

To open raw files in Camera Raw from Adobe Bridge, specify that option in Adobe Bridge preferences. Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Adobe Bridge > Preferences (Mac OS). In the Behavior area of the General tab, select Double-Click Edits Camera Raw Settings In Bridge. If this preference is not selected, double-clicking raw files opens them in Photoshop.